xvii. dictated, action

[heloise]

Paradisa
For my Giovanni. If you would be so kind.


[ Lucrezia can be found at highest roof with a wooden box inlaid with pearls at her feet. It is small and finely made, but the real (belated) gift is within: a white silk shirt fit for a little prince with golden narcissus embroidered on its sleeves. She turns away after enough time, retracing her steps back to her room. ]

Ovid once wrote, est etiam placuisse sibi quaecumque voluptas: virginibus cordi grataque forma suast.

But mirrors never turned out for good.

[ Translation goes: Besides, all women take a secret pride in being fine or else they are belied; for when the conscious maid explores her mirror and finds she's handsome, she herself adores. ]

Comments

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[onlyanapple]

Ahhh, but usually the conscious maid doesn't get sucked into a magical world when she gazes at herself in a mirror.

YEAH

[heloise]

Perhaps she is, figuratively. A world where she knows the reason why those eyes follow her.

[onlyanapple]

Ahhh, now we're treading the dangerous grounds of insanity.

Though given this place, it's not that far off.

[heloise]

[ She laughs. ]

Are you saying I am possibly insane, Crowley?

[onlyanapple]

I think that's true for all humans, really.

[heloise]

By a demon's standard?

[onlyanapple]

Well, I have been watching humans for a while, I have a good grasp on it.

[heloise]

Is it a good thing to be insane?

[onlyanapple]

It makes life interesting, don't you think?

[heloise]

There are different kinds of insanity, I think.

[onlyanapple]

Well, yes, you need the variety, you know.

[heloise]

I wonder, if happiness is tied to how uninteresting one's life is.

[onlyanapple]

I wouldn't be surprised.

[heloise]

Would you rather be interesting in that case?

[onlyanapple]

I think I'm interesting enough as it is.

[heloise]

Ah, then you are not happy enough.

[onlyanapple]

What? Bollocks, I'm perfectly happy. I have alcohol.

[heloise]

Wine?

[onlyanapple]

Amongst others.

[heloise]

What other is there?

[onlyanapple]

...Oh Lulu, there's so much I have to teach you.

[heloise]

And show me, which you will.

[onlyanapple]

Certainly, you have to learn from someone.

[heloise]

I wait eagerly for that invitation, Crowley.

[onlyanapple]

I promise it'll be delivered soon.